Garment-hanger.



N. GOLDSMITH. GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. a1, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914 w/m'ssEs:

ATTORNEY.

"UNITED miss PAlPENT orrron.

. NATHAN eonnsm rrrr, or NEWARK, NEW JERsEY.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 26, 1914, Applicationfiled January 31, 1913. Serial No. 745,327.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain 1m:

provements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is aspecification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a garment hanger adapted tobe removably pivoted at a fixed point and swing from side to side, sothat a plurality of such hangers may be arrangedin a series with thegreatest economy of space and ease of access; to provide such a hangerwhich can be readily removed and replaced with. re-

spect to its pivot-a1 mounting, to avoid the. use of spring clips andthe like, which soon lose their resiliency, and thus insure dnrabilityand freedom from get-ting out of; order to secure simplicity ofconstruction and operation,'and to obtain othen advantages and resultsas may be brougl'it out in the followi like might be substltu ed for theone which ing description.

Referring to the accompanylng drawings,

inwhich like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughoutthe several views, Figure '1 is a perspectlveview' of a garment hangerembodying my invention,

showing two of a series of arms thereon; Fig. 2 is an end view ofthesame; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section showing the means forpivoting the arms; Fig. 4 is a plan of one arm broken and the adjacentportion of the support; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the pivotplate for each arm, detached, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar toFig. 3 showing a slight modifica-- tion of construction. In the specificembodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, the referencenumeral 1 indicates any suitable surface to which a garment hanger ofthis class porting means 2, of my improved hanger.

is usually applied,such for instance as a wall, door or the like, andafiixed thereto at a convenient and proper height is the sup- In theparticular form shown, said support f "is a singlepiece of ShQGh'mGta-lbent into the support.

suitable distances apart and each formed by alined holes in the upperand lower sides of said projecting portion. Any other equivalentconstruction of support can be employed, however, which will provide thesockets described. Upon the said support of my improved hanger ismounted a series of horizontally projecting arms 7, of any suitableconstruction adapted to receive each a garment, and pivoted one in eachof the said soclrts so'as to swing from side to side although heldpivoted at a fixed point on I have shown said arms, for purposes ofillustration, as consistinghof flat strips 8 arranged verticallyeclgewise and adapted to clamp between themselves a garment such as thetrousers 9 which are shown, the outer ends of said strips beingreleasably held together by a clip 10 of any ordinary and well-knowntype. It will be understood, however, that any other form of arm adaptedto support garments or the Lhave specifically shown, without departingfromthe spirit and scope of the invention. For plvotally connecting eacharm to the stationary support, the same is provided at its inner endwith a pivot plate 11 as shown in detail more particularly in Fig. 5.This pivot plate may be conveniently produced by stamping it out ofheavy sheet metal in substantially U-shape with one leg 12 adapt-- leg13 of the pivot plate is simply widened or extended away from the otherleg, in the plane. of the plate, to lie between thetwo strips 8, 80f thearm and be secured firmly thereto by rivets 14: extending through saidlimit the amplitude of swing of the arm in,-

stead of having the strips 8, 8 engage the rib. This secures a maximumrange of movements with minimum distance from the rib 5, since the plate11 is of thin sheet a plate connecting vention. I therefore do metal,and furthermore prevents contact of the strips with the rib, which wouldultimately cause loosening of the strips from the pivot plate. Theportion 16 of the pivot these two legs rests upon the top of the support2 so as to limit down passage of the leg 12 into the socket of saidsupport, and it will be understood that the distance between the twolegs 12, 13 is sufli cient to enable the arm to be swung horizontallythrough a considerable angle before the other leg 13 engages the frontof the support to limit such swinging. Preferably, the end of the leg 12is tapered as at 17 so as to more readily be introduced into the socket6. Also greater stability and steadiness of the hanger arm is securedvby a maximum length of arm resting on the top of the support 2, forwhich reason 1 preferably place the sockets 6 close to the back orflanges 3 of the support, and as far as possible from the front of therib or channel portion 3, as shown.

Under some conditions the sockets in the support 2 may be lined withtubular sections 16 inserted therein, as shown in- Fig. 6;

It will be understood that the pivot plate of my improved garment hangermay be of any other equivalent construction than the sheet metal onewhich I have specifically shown, as may occur to anyone skilled in theart, and various other modifications may be made in the garment hangerwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my inv not wish tobeunderstood as restricting myself except as required by the followingclaims when construed in the light of the prior art.

pose a portion of itself Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim is:

1. In a garment hanger, the combination of supporting means adapted tobe secured to a wall or the like and having an upright socket spacedinward from its front, a gar- Intent-receiving arm comprising stripsarranged vertically fiatwise together, and a U- shaped pivot plate oneof the legs of which is wider than the other and secured between saidstrips so as to project beyond the ends thereof at its edge next theother leg and exapproximately equal to said other leg, said other legbeing adapted to enter said upright socket in the supporting means andturntherein with an amplitude limited by engagement of the edge of saidprojecting portion of the first-mentioned leg with the front of thesupporting means as a stop.

2. In a garment hanger, the combination of a support providing a hollowrib or projecting portion with alined perforations 'm its to and bottom,a tubular lining arranged in said perforations and secured at itsopposite ends t the upper and lower walls of said rib and providing acontinuous bearing surface between said walls, a pivot plate having aleg adapted to be inserted in said perforatlons and be guided from theperforation in the upper wall to the pprforation inthe lower wall ofsaid rib secured to said pivot plate.

NATHAN GOLDSMITH. f

Witnesses: HOWARD P. Kms,

Jamar A. Arms.

tubular lining, and a: garment-receivlng arm

